At the beginning of 2015, there were a total of 317 municipalities,
57 of which were urban municipalities, 64 semi-urban
municipalities and 196 rural municipalities.
1) According to the regional division of 1 January 2015

1) Decisions of the Finnish Immigration Service
2) Incl. residence permits granted on the basis of humanitarian and subsidiary protection
3) Between 2000 and 2010 one decision can concern more than one person, from 2011 onwards one person
4) Refugees by quota, asylum-seekers having received a favourable decision and persons admitted under the family reunification scheme
5) Excl. refugees at reception centres awaiting placement in municipalities
l line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series